Filing to run for a position in Student Government Association starts on Monday.
Students wanting to run for a position in the November election can fill out the necessary paperwork to begin the process here.
Students can also pick up the necessary paperwork for filing in the SGA office in Oklahoma Memorial Union, room 181, said Taylor Petersen, chairperson of the SGA Election board.
The filing form must be filled out with all of the student’s information and the academic requirement form must be filled out by the student’s college stating that they are in good academic standing, said Petersen.
The paperwork must be turned in to Debbie Strong in the SGA office during the SGA office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., SGA president Matt Epting said. The deadline to turn in applications is 5 p.m. Thursday.
Students can run for president, vice president, or a seat on the Undergraduate Student Congress.
Any student can run for president and vice president, even graduate and law students, Epting said.
Epting said students who want to run for president or vice president must be in good standing with their college and have a 2.5 GPA. They must also include along with the filing paperwork a petition of 500 student signatures, Epting said.
President and vice president have to run on the same ticket, just like the primary national elections, Epting said.
After filing, students wishing to run are required to attend a mandatory meeting going over election guidelines and rules at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 16. After this meeting, the election begins, but students can begin informally campaigning before the meeting, Epting said.
The campaigns will last for two and half weeks up until the official election days on Nov. 4 and 5, Epting said.
In the spring 2014 election, candidates ran uncontested because some possible candidates didn’t know when the deadline for filing was, but Petersen hopes the increased publicity for the filing process will prevent that from happening again this year.
